Violin chin-rest.



A. G. PINFOLD.

VIOLIN CHIN REST.

APPLICATION FILED rams. 1911.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

INVEN TOR fl G. Fir/old WITNESSES ATTORNEYS ARTHUR GOU'GH PINFOLD, 0F BRADFQRD, ENGLAND.

VIOLIN CHIN REST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1 7, 1918.

Application filed March 3, 1917. Serial No. 152,415.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR GoUGH PIN- FOLD, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing at Bradford, England, Kingdom of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Violin Chin-Rests, of which the following is a specification.

My .invention relates to violin chin rests, and the object thereof is to provide such devices of a novel construction adapting the same-to receive and hold a mute of any desired form when not being used, thereby preventing loss of the mute and overcoming the possibility of mislaying the mute whereby it cannot be instantly used whenever de sired.

My invention is fully described in the following specificat-ion, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which like characters refer to like parts in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a tail end view of the chin rest having a means of reception and storage of a mute; and

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, with a mute in position therein.

Referring to the drawings, 3 represents a fragment of a violin indicated by broken lines, 4 a chin rest, and 5 a mute of any desired or usual form, said chin rest having a recess 6 therein for the reception of the mute when not in use.

The chin rest is shown as of two plate members 7 and 8 joined by rods 9 and 10 preferably of an adjustable length by means of turnbuckles 11 and 12, Fig. l, the recess 6 being in the upper plate member 7 for ready accessibility, and I make the recess 6 of a size and shape best fitted to receive and hold the mute, as in the event of different forms of mute encountered.

As illustrated, the plate members 7 and 8 are provided with relatively soft pads 13 and 14, the former of which may form one side of the recess 6 whereby the mute is held in a manner yieldingly resisting removal because of the character of the pad, but I do not desire to limit myself to this specific feature nor, indeed, to the provision of a recess for mute reception as other means may be provided for holding the mute attached to the chin rest when not in use but it will be understood that there is no functional combination of the chin rest and mute when both are in use as each is entirely independent of the other when in use.

My invention is of extreme simplicity though possessing advantages apparent to violin players and, while I may market the chin rest with the mute in detachable connection therewith, I may also market the chin rest alone having the means for attachment of a mute.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A violin chin rest consisting of two plate members, rods connecting the same, one of said plates being formed with a recess and means forming part of the restfor holding a mute in said recess.

2. A violin chin rest consisting of an upper and a lower plate member, said upper plate member being formed with a recess, longitudinally adjustable rods connecting said plate members, and a pad secured to said upper plate member extending across said recess for holding a mute in said recess.

8. A violin chin rest consisting of two plate member's, adjustable rods connecting the same, one of said plate members having a recess therein, and a, holding member for holding an idle mute in said recess.

4. A violin chin rest consisting of two plate members, adjustable rods connecting said plate members, one of said plate members having a recess therein, and a pad covering part of said recess for holding a mute in said recess.

5. The herein described chin-rest constructed with a recess whereby the rest acts in the combined capacity as a chin rest and as a holder for an idle mute.

ARTHUR GOUGH PINFOLD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patentl, Washington, D. 0. 

